Sephin Llo / Astra Forward
Double Bill
Presented by: New Roots Promotions| 0 | LONDON: The Harrison (info) |
|---|---|
| P | Wednesday 9th July, 2025 |
| N | Door time: 7:30pm Start time: 8:00pm |
| . | All ages (under 18s must be accompanied by an adult) |
| C | Music - Folk/blues/world |
Event information
Doors open 7.30 pm, music from 8.00 pm sharp. Nearest tube station Kings Cross, 8 minutes walk.
Sephine Llo is a British composer and multi-instrumentalist, with an unconventional song-writing style that marries 18th Century UK folk roots, neoclassical flourishes and organically created glitchy electronica. A classically trained and multi award-winning artist (with the AMS Neve award for creative recording accolade, among others); and holder of a coveted First-Class Honours degree from the world-renowned Tonmeister course, her sound is an innovative and rich concoction of grave, distorted soundscapes wrapping around her heart-wrenching orchestrations, and uniquely ethereal, often choral-esque vocal harmonies.
Her debut EP Flame and first album I, Your Moon, garnered attention from the likes of Wonderland, 405, Clash, BBC3 Late Junction and Radio X ‘Xposure’, performing at Union Chapel and Wilderness Festival. However the loss of her husband Robbie (Autumn Chorus) to cancer when she was pregnant with their first child put an untimely hiatus on her creative career for several years; gratefully now she is back with her latest and most personal account to date, "Diamond Fall", incorporating samples of Robbie's unfinished works.
‘one of the most hypnotic and evocative sound frescoes of recent times...The songs are like mosaics’
Onda Rock Magazine
‘An album born from a devastating loss, this is arguably the most cathartic and healing release this year. A world to dive into and absorb, this may be fragile, but you can feel the strength at its core.’
Fireworks Magazine
WATCH SEPHINE LLO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVKBDjrVffU
Astra Forward is an SE London-based alt-folk/experimental singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and composer, writing songs about the power of nature and human connection. Her work explores grief and mysticism, seeking to provide both comfort and immersion to the listener.
The Astra Forward EP ‘Dawn Dusk’ was recorded in East Iceland following a month-long creative residency, supported by Help Musicians.
Astra Forward has performed extensively throughout Europe and the UK as part of Diagrams (Sam Genders/Tunng) and has written with Erland Cooper on the title track of his album Sule Skerry. Her vocals feature on ‘Billie and Mollie: an Otter Love Story’.
‘Astra Forward boasts a voice we can believe in’ MP3 Hugger
‘Bewitching…magically hypnotic’ OSR
WATCH ASTRA FORWARD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5u7BzhwVkY
